Does anyone know if the 360 flywheel is neutrally balanced, or does it have any counterweight balance to it? I'm going to have a very small, lightweight flywheel machined up, but I don't have an OEM unit to check against. Has anyone ever bothered to replace their stock 360 flywheel with a lighter aftermarket one?
All Ferrari motors are internally balanced. The production 360 flywheel is pretty light, the pressure plate is the heavy part. The prototype flywheel was lighter and rejected mostly because it warped like a potato chip, even worse than the production flywheel. Weight savings on a 14 inch diameter flywheel yields considerable results. The smaller the diameter the laws of diminishing returns come into play very rapidly. With the small diameter of the 360 flywheel a very large weight reduction would be required to yield much in the way of results. The OD is only 10.5 inches. The factory race cars use the standard flywheel with a different clutch. Might just ask yourself why?
Yep...why are you doing this, it already rev's very quickly and the mass reduction here will likely cause the above.
Thanks for the info. I'm fitting the F131 v8 into a 500kg F3000 chassis. I need to make a new flywheel with an integral ring gear. I use a 5.5" triple plate clutch, and the starter will sit in much closer to the crank than normal.
Got it. You may want to check with someone like tilton to see if they can make a custom package, I think the fab up one off for racing installations for a price.
I'll be running a Ferrari 458 GT3 flywheel and ring gear with my existing 5.5" AP Racing clutch. The 458 flywheel has the exact same mounting bolt PCD, and even the same size centre hole for mounting to the 360 crank. This flywheel measures just 180mm across. The 458 GT3 flywheel also has the 60-2 crank trigger on the back of it, but I imagine a stock 360 would have issues with this as it'd be further away from the sensor. I'm making my own adapter / starter arrangement, so will simply shift the sensor closer to the edge of the flywheel. For the Australians, the guys at Maranello Motorsport have been great with their assistance in finding the right flywheel for my car. I would highly recommend them to anyone who'll listen. Image Unavailable, Please Login
just for your info lightened flywheel + 360 Challenge clutch vs modena flywheel + modena clutch Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Having a Chrome Molly flywheel made by MD Clutches. Andrew says it will be lighter than the OEM, hoping for about 1kg or more saving. ETA about 2 weeks.
Please share the cost . What are the benefits of lighter flywheel? Will you use it with challenge clutch?
The std weight 360 flywheel is about GBP540. This 'lite' version will be a little more (tbc). Pros - less rotation mass = fast change in revs up and down. Cons = May experience engine stall when coming off throttle as revs drop quicker and without a tweek of the ecu map it may not catch the drop. Which is why I was not asking for a crazy lightweight flywheel. So yes it's an unknown going for the 'lite' but hey won't know the answer unless I try.
